BlockCrestview Estates, Alabama
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Robbins Crossroads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35062. The Survey maps it on the Dora quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1893 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Port Birmingham quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Port Birmingham quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Dora quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Dora quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
254 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Crestview Estates between 1994 and 2017, burning about 3,635 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 114 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 114 |
| Debris and open burning | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-12 |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Crestview Estates: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste Pond - Flat Top Mine | Aluminum | Occurrence | Illite, Kaolinite |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek Estates | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Briarcliff Estates | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| Robbins Crossroads | 1.3 miles | 28 | |
| Petes Crossroads | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Bagley | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Brents Cross Roads | 2.0 miles | 28 | |
| West Sayre | 2.1 miles | 28 | |
| Bagley Meadows | 2.1 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1700563. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.